Rory Salter is a musician, artist and sound technician living in London. He has published albums under various monikers with Index Clean, TEETH, Zoomin' Night, Alter, TakuRoku, MAL and Bison, amongst others.
His work is formed through experimentations with acoustic & electronic instruments, faulty & functional technologies, cassette tape, feedback and walking; motivated by exploring relationships to environment, work/labour & cræft; It is rooted in practice and documentation. He has performed and worked with Derek Baron, Phil Julian, Sun Yizhou, Mark Peter Wright, Regan Bowering, Li Song and others.
He co-runs the record label and mail-order distribution Infant Tree with artist Ben Victor Waggett and curates a series of concerts in London between Cafe OTO, Dalston and Spanners, Loughborough Junction.
His work is formed through experimentations with acoustic & electronic instruments, faulty & functional technologies, cassette tape, feedback and walking; motivated by exploring relationships to environment, work/labour & cræft; It is rooted in practice and documentation. He has performed and worked with Derek Baron, Phil Julian, Sun Yizhou, Mark Peter Wright, Regan Bowering, Li Song and others.
He co-runs the record label and mail-order distribution Infant Tree with artist Ben Victor Waggett and curates a series of concerts in London between Cafe OTO, Dalston and Spanners, Loughborough Junction.
Has performed at festivals an venues including Cafe OTO, South London Gallery, Wharf Chambers, Hundred Years Gallery, Arkaoda, Myymälä2, Studium P, Smilga (Skaņu Mežs), Empty Brain Resort, Boundaries Festival & More. Performs regularly in London.
Gallery
- Le Carnaval des Animaux and Danse Macabre Group Exhibition at San Mei Gallery, 2017
- Audial-Optics Workshop & Performance at the San Mei Gallery led by Rory Salter and Ben Victor Waggett, Saturday 1st December 2018
- 'Homo Type Theory' Xerox Group Show, Curated by Eric Schmid, at Centralbanken, Oslo
Sound works for exhibitions
- Composition for '0684 893630.' by Mimi Hope & Ben Galyas presented in 'Beginning to Slip' 14.10–19.11.2023, Shown at Roland Ross Gallery, Margate
- 'Diatom Blooms' at San Mei Gallery June 2018
- 'MafuWoman' by Kelsey Dykes at Safehouse Gallery, Peckham April 2019
Archive
- The Z'EV Archive
Recording & Mixing
- (Recorded & Mixed) XT (Seymour Wright & Paul Abbott) + Anne Gillis 'AnimauX veGeTal' Infant Tree - https://xxxxxxxxxttttttt.bandcamp.com/album/animaux-vegetal
- (Recorded & Mixed) GAX (Seymour Wright & Vasco Alves) 'the traditions / as tradiçōes' Infant Tree - https://infanttree.bandcamp.com/album/the-traditions-as-tradi-es
- (Recorded & Mixed) Luciano Maggiore & Louie Rice 'Whistle Posse' 901editions - https://901editions.bandcamp.com/album/whistle-posse
- (Mixed) Breathing Heavy 'not bad' OTOROKU https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/breathing-heavy-not-bad/
- (Recorded) Historically Fucked 'The Mule Peasants' Revolt of 12,067' Upset the Rhythm - https://upsettherhythm.bandcamp.com/album/the-mule-peasants-revolt-of-12067
- (Recorded) Zara Joan Miller and Ute Kanngießer 'Blue Monday' Reading Group - https://readinggroupcompany.bandcamp.com/album/blue-monday
- (Recorded & Mixed) Jackson Burton 'Slower than a week in the jail' Infant Tree - https://infanttree.bandcamp.com/track/slower-than-a-week-in-the-jail
- (Recorded) Ariga 'Ariga' https://caiuswilliams.bandcamp.com/album/argia
Technical
- Specialist Sound Arts Technician @ London College of Communication, UAL
- Freelance Sound Engineer at Café OTO, London
Gallery
- Le Carnaval des Animaux and Danse Macabre Group Exhibition at San Mei Gallery, 2017
- Audial-Optics Workshop & Performance at the San Mei Gallery led by Rory Salter and Ben Victor Waggett, Saturday 1st December 2018
- 'Homo Type Theory' Xerox Group Show, Curated by Eric Schmid, at Centralbanken, Oslo
Sound works for exhibitions
- Composition for '0684 893630.' by Mimi Hope & Ben Galyas presented in 'Beginning to Slip' 14.10–19.11.2023, Shown at Roland Ross Gallery, Margate
- 'Diatom Blooms' at San Mei Gallery June 2018
- 'MafuWoman' by Kelsey Dykes at Safehouse Gallery, Peckham April 2019
Archive
- The Z'EV Archive
Recording & Mixing
- (Recorded & Mixed) XT (Seymour Wright & Paul Abbott) + Anne Gillis 'AnimauX veGeTal' Infant Tree - https://xxxxxxxxxttttttt.bandcamp.com/album/animaux-vegetal
- (Recorded & Mixed) GAX (Seymour Wright & Vasco Alves) 'the traditions / as tradiçōes' Infant Tree - https://infanttree.bandcamp.com/album/the-traditions-as-tradi-es
- (Recorded & Mixed) Luciano Maggiore & Louie Rice 'Whistle Posse' 901editions - https://901editions.bandcamp.com/album/whistle-posse
- (Mixed) Breathing Heavy 'not bad' OTOROKU https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/breathing-heavy-not-bad/
- (Recorded) Historically Fucked 'The Mule Peasants' Revolt of 12,067' Upset the Rhythm - https://upsettherhythm.bandcamp.com/album/the-mule-peasants-revolt-of-12067
- (Recorded) Zara Joan Miller and Ute Kanngießer 'Blue Monday' Reading Group - https://readinggroupcompany.bandcamp.com/album/blue-monday
- (Recorded & Mixed) Jackson Burton 'Slower than a week in the jail' Infant Tree - https://infanttree.bandcamp.com/track/slower-than-a-week-in-the-jail
- (Recorded) Ariga 'Ariga' https://caiuswilliams.bandcamp.com/album/argia
Technical
- Specialist Sound Arts Technician @ London College of Communication, UAL
- Freelance Sound Engineer at Café OTO, London